In less depressing news, a non-binary resident of Portland, OR, Jamie Shupe, has officially been recognized as a third gender. What this means for non-binary recognition on a national level remains to be seen.

PM Dawn’s Prince Be was “set adrift” this week when he passed after a long battle with diabetes. He was instrumental to the evolution of ethereal, weird, hip-hop and his influence continues to extend to contemporary artists. He will be missed.

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June 16 was the one year anniversary of the Charleston church shooting of 2015. Sarah Green helps us remember the names of those fallen: Sharonda Coleman-Singleton. Cynthia Hurd. Tywanza Sanders. Myra Thompson. DePayne Middleton-Doctor. Clementa Pinckney. Daniel Simmons, Sr. Ethel Lance. Susie Jackson.